Faculty for Geomatics – GPS, GIS and Remote Sensing
Annapolis Valley Campus – Centre of Geographic Sciences
Competition No. 2014-184
Nova Scotia Community College is committed to working individually and collectively with its employees to achieve our mission – Building Nova Scotia’s Economy and Quality of Life through Education and Innovation. By building on employee strengths and promoting employee growth we will achieve our vision of transforming Nova Scotia one learner at a time.
NSCC is committed to its values of diversity and inclusion. We provide an environment that welcomes and embraces individuals from diverse communities. We take every opportunity to become more inclusive. We encourage applications from qualified candidates from all diverse communities including but not limited to aboriginal persons, racially visible persons, people with disabilities, women in non-traditional roles. Applicants from these communities wishing to self-identify may do so by completing an online questionnaire with your application.
Our Opportunity: The Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS), an International geomatics training center of the Nova Scotia Community College, offers training at the post-secondary and post-graduate levels. As a member of the School of Trades and Technology faculty team, you will provide instruction in various programs, primarily focusing on remote sensing, GPS and GIS technologies. Your areas of instruction will include courses in Lidar, photogrammetry and other remote sensing technologies depending on program needs and your mix of training and industrial experience. You will assess learning, provide consultation, assist in the development and preparation of related course materials and provide academic and career advisement. You will liaise with business and industry and represent the College when required. You will also maintain currency in industry practices.
Your Credentials:
• You possess relevant post-secondary education with at least a technologist diploma or degree in a geomatics related discipline
• You have a minimum of five years of occupational experience with specific emphasis on the planning, collection and analysis of Lidar and/or other remotely sensed data, i.e. photogrammetry, multispectral data or multi-beam bathymetry
• Lidar expertise shall include airborne and terrestrial based Lidar systems.
• You possess a strong background in geomatics theory and applications, specifically GIS and carrier phase GPS technologies
• You should have experience using commercial digital image processing systems such as ERDAS or PCI
• Project management certification is an asset
• Additional skills in softcopy photogrammetry, 3D visualization, and intelligent image processing systems and scripting would be beneficial.
• The position also requires continuous updating of both theoretical and practical courses, requiring ongoing contact with industry.
• You are familiar with Portfolio education.
You are innovative and committed to life-long learning and community involvement. Your desire and enthusiasm to teach students with diverse backgrounds and knowledge along with your superb presentations, interpersonal and team building skills make you an ideal candidate. As a creative self-starter, you have been recognized for your high energy and your commitment to excellence.
How to ApplyApplication deadline is Thursday, July 3, 2014 at midnight
NSCC offers a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package. As a learning-centred organization, we provide opportunities for every NSCC employee to be a life-long learner.
Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide recent, relevant references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.
To apply click here. To serve you better, NSCC has implemented a new, user-friendly on-line application in partnership with Career Beacon. First time users will complete a basic registration and receive a username and password via email (NOTE: email may appear in “Junk Mail” folder depending upon your mail management configuration). You will then have the option of uploading your existing resume(s) and cover letter(s) in seconds or creating them on-the-spot in the “editor”.
- Posted by: NSCC
- Company: COGS – NSCC
- Province: Halifax
- Location: Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Job type: Geomatics
- Salary: 60,000 to 79,000
- Job category: Educators
- Tags: 3D visualization - ArcGIS - COGS - digital image processing - Esri - GIS - LiDAR - multi-beam bathymetry - multispectral - PCI - photogrammetry
- Job expires in: Endless
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